machzor

[Sephardic Hebrew mahkh-zohr; Ashkenazic Hebrew mahkh-zohr, -zawr, -zuh r]

noun, plural mach·zo·rim [Sephardic Hebrew mahkh-zaw-reem; Ashkenazic Hebrew mahkh-zoh-rim] /Sephardic Hebrew mɑx zɔˈrim; Ashkenazic Hebrew mɑxˈzoʊ rɪm/, English.

mach·zors. Hebrew. mahzor.

mahzor

or mach·zor

[Sephardic Hebrew mahkh-zohr; Ashkenazic Hebrew mahkh-zohr, -zawr, -zuh r]

noun, plural mah·zo·rim [Sephardic Hebrew mahkh-zaw-reem; Ashkenazic Hebrew mahkh-zoh-rim] /Sephardic Hebrew mɑx zɔˈrim; Ashkenazic Hebrew mɑxˈzoʊ rɪm/, English mah·zors. Hebrew.

a Jewish prayer book designed for use on festivals and holy days.

Compare siddur.

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Historical Examples of machzor

The Machzor for Pentecost says, Israelites are as "full of meritorious works as a pomegranate is full of pips."
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala
Various
With a sense of something vaguely strange, she bent her eyes downward on her neighbour's Machzor.
Ghetto Tragedies
Israel Zangwill

British Dictionary definitions for machzor

machzor

mahzor

noun plural -zorim (-zɔˈriːm, English -zəˈriːm)

a Jewish prayer book containing prescribed holiday rituals

Word Origin for machzor

literally: cycle

mahzor

noun plural -zorim (-zɔˈriːm, English -zəˈriːm)

a variant spelling of machzor

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